The Church of Philadelphia in Revelation received no rebuke from Jesus, only commendation. It was a church with little strength that had stopped trusting in itself and kept God's word without denying His name. Jesus described Himself as the one who holds the key of David, the one who opens what no one can shut and shuts what no one can open. This key points back to Isaiah 22 and a man named Eliakim, a type of Christ who was given authority in a moment of national crisis. Just as King Hezekiah eventually stopped stripping the temple and started praying, God calls His people to release their grip on the things they lean on. The storm does not create the problem in our lives. It reveals what was already there. The door is still open, and the key is in the hands of Jesus.

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